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Israel pursues possible war crime in village demolition

[email protected] June 25, 2019 bedouin, displacement, history, home demolition, jahalin, kfar adumim, khan al ahmar, ma'ale adumim, regavim, settlement, war crime

The bedouins in Khan al-Ahmar are considered an “existential threat” to the Jewish State; Israel plans to demolish the village and relocate the entire tribe to a location that denies the people their ancient culture. Israel’s Supreme Court has green-lighted the process, which will enable the state to cut the West Bank into pieces – although it may be a war crime.

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Israel says “No” to clean running water for Palestinian villages

[email protected] February 25, 2019 israeli civil administration, israeli high court of justice, Marco Ben-Shabbat, masafer yatta, occupation, regavim, south hebron hills, water, West Bank, zionism

On February 13, 2019, Israeli forces arrived near the village of a-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. The forces used excavating equipment to unearth and destroy a five kilometer stretch of pipe, which was laid just months ago and supplied water to over 1,000 Palestinians. Residents say that without the system, “water has become every family’s largest expense.”

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